Clothes-drier.



Patented Mar. 25, |902. T. M. ANDERSON.

CLOTHES DRIER.

(Application led Oct. 7, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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iUNITED 'STATES PATENT GFFICE.

THEODORE MARTIN ANDERSON, OF NEW VHATCOM, VASHINGTON.

CLOTH ES-DRIER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent-, No. 696,128, dated March25, 1902.

Application filed October 7, 1901. Serial No. 77,870. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE MARTIN ANDERSON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Whatcom, in the county of Whatcom and State ofWashington, have invented a new and useful Clothes-Driel, of which thefollowing is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in clothes-driers.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction ofclothes-driers and to provide an exceedingly simple and inexpensive oneof great strength and durabilityldesigued primarily for use indoors andadapted to be readily set up in a room for use and capable lof enablingthe clothes to be dried to beV elevated to the top of a room adjacent tothe ceiling, where they will be out of the way and Where the heat is thegreatest, thereby insuring rapid drying.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clothes-drier,l ofthis character which whennot in use may be readilyr folded cornpactlyand taken down to enable it to be stored away until itis againnecessaryto use it.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended. y

In the drawings, Figure-l is an elevation of a clothes-drier constructedin accordance with Athis invention. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional viewillustrating the construction for connecting the upper end of the pol'eto a ceiling. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail sectional vieW of thevertically-movable head which carries the drier-arms.. Figs. 4 and 5arel detail views of the bottom bracket. Fig. 6 is ardetail view of thelower grooved end of the pole. Fig. 7 is a detail view of the outerportion of the bracket.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures ofthe drawings. y f

l designates a vertical supporting pole or standard mounted on andinterlocked with a lower bracket 2 and fitted ina socket 3 of a cap 4t,which is adapted to engage the ceiling of a room, as indicated in Fig. 1of the accompanying drawings. The cap 4, which is constructed of metal,is provided with arms '5, extending upward and outward slightly andhaving horizontal outer portions provided with spurs 6 for engaging theceiling, whereby the cap is held firmly in engagement with the same andis prevented from slipping or rotating Whenthe pole or standard isoperated, as hereinafter explained. The spurs, which are tapered, aresmall and will not mar or materially affect the ceiling of a room, andthel socket, which is provided at the front or outer side with adepending arm.

or extension 7, has an inclined top wall 8, and the upper end 9 of thepost or Vstandard is cut off at an angle `to provide an inclined upperface, whereby the pole or standard after it has been fitted in thesocket is adapted to be partially rotated to force the cap or plateupward or outward into engagement with the ceiling. By partiallyrotating the pole or standard the highestv point or portion of the upperend thereof may be carried toward the lowest portion of the inclined topwall of the socket to forcethe cap-upward or outward, or the directionof the rotation of the pole or standard may be reversed to loosen orrelease the cap to permit the drier to be taken down. The depending arm7, which is located at the outer side of the socket, supports the poleor standard at the outer side against the strain exerted by the clothesor other fabrics on the clothes-drier. The upper end of the pole, whichis provided with a suitable metallic wear or face plate 10, ispreferably connected with the cap by a centrally-arranged screw 1l,extending through a central aperture of the cap and having its headarranged adjacent to the upper face of the same and adapted to preventthe parts from separating entirely. There is suiflcient distance betweenthe head of the screw and the upper face of the cap to allow theVnecessary play or inward and outward movement of the cap-when the poleor standard is rotated. t The lower end of the pole or standard is cutoft square to provide a horizontal lower face,which fits upon the bottombracket,which bracket and conforming to the configuration of the pole.The bracketis strengthened by a rib or flange 13, extending from thecenter of the transverse flange 12 tothe upright portion of the bracket.The lower end of the pole or standard is provided with a transversegroove 14, and the bracket has a projecting lug 15 at thevfront, andthis lug extends upward and is tapered to conform to the generalconfiguration of the tapered groove 14E, which when turnedlongitudinally of the horizontal portion of the bracket permits the poleor standard to pass the lug. After the pole or standard has passed thelug 15 it is partially rotated for the double purpose of carrying thegroove away from the lug and for forcing the cap against the ceiling.When it is desired to remove the clothes-drier, the pole or standard ispartially rotated to return the groove opposite the lug and to loosenthe cap which engages the ceiling. The clothes-drier may then be takendown.

The pole or standard receives a verticallymovable head 16, which iscurved and substantially semicircular, as illustrated in Fig. 1 of thedrawings, and which is provided with upper and lower concaved rollers 17and 18, arranged at the back and front of the pole and adapted to permitthe head to be readily raised and lowered. The upper and lower rollersare mounted between upper and lower arms 19 and 20, and the lower armsare preferably connected by a curved piece 2l, eX- tending around theback of the pole or standard and adapted to prevent the head fromtilting and carrying the rollers out of engagement with the pole orstandard. The head is provided with an inclined front portion having aseries of slots 22, adapted to receive drier-arms 23, which are providedwith staples 24, arranged at the lower edges of the arms when the latterare in a horizontal position and receiving the lower portion of the headand permitting the arms to have a limited movement independently of thehead suiiicient to permit the arms to be engaged with the head anddisengaged therefrom to hold the arms in a horizontal position and tofold them against the pole or standard, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Thetop of the head is provided at the lower face with recesses 25, formingfront or outer shoulders, and the rear legs ot' the staples are extendedthrough the drier-arms and project beyond the same, as clearly shown inFig. 3. The projecting legs 2G of the staples are adapted to engage theshoulders formed by the recesses 25 to prevent the drier-arms from beingdrawn outward accidentally. By this construction the arms are securelyinterlocked with the head and are elfectually prevented from droppingwith clothes. Vhen it is desired to fold the arms, they are tiltedsufficiently to lower their inner ends out of engagement with therecesses, and the inner ends of the arms may then be drawn through theopenings of the heads. This will permit the arms to swing downward to avertical position adjacent to the pole or standard. The head isconnected with one end of a rope 27, which passes over an upper pulley28 and which is provided near its free end with a knot 29, adapted toengage a notch 30 of the outer portion of the bracket 2. The bracket isalso provided with a depending iiange 31, arranged at the outer end ofthe horizontal supporting portion and divided by the notch 30 to formprongs for retaining the knot in engagement with the bracket. The pulley28 is mounted between a pair of arms which depend from the front orouter arm of the cap. The hoisting cord or rope enables the head to bereadily raised and lowered, and after the clothes have been placed onthe drier-arms the head may be raised to a point adjacent to theceiling, where the clothes will be out of the way and where the heat isthe greatest. This will insure rapid drying of the clothes. After theoperation of drying has been completed the clothes-drier may be readilytaken down and stored away, the bracket alone remaining in position.

Vhat I claim is- 1. A clothes-drier comprising a bracket, a polesupported by the bracket, a cap secured to the upper end of the pole andcapable of a limited inward and outward movement, said cap and polebeing provided with means whereby when the pole is partially rotated thecap will be carriedinto and out of engagement with the ceiling, meansarranged at the bracket for locking and releasing the lower end of thepole when the latter is partially rotated, and a head mounted on thepole and provided with arms, substantially as described.

2. A clothes-drier comprising a pole provided at its upper end with aninclined face, a cap arranged at the top of the pole and adapted toengage the ceiling, said cap being provided with an inclined facearranged to be engaged by the inclined face of the pole, whereby whenthe pole is partially rotated the cap will be carried into engagementwith the ceiling, means for supporting the pole, and drier-armsconnected with the pole, substantially as described.

3. A clothes-drier comprising a pole having an inclined face at itsupper end, a cap, provided with arms for engaging a ceiling and having adepending socket to receive the pole, the top wall of the socket beinginclined, whereby when the pole is partially rotated the cap will beforced upward or outward, a centrally-arranged fastening devicel passingthrough the cap and connecting the same with the pole, means forsupporting the pole, and drier-arms connected with the pole,substantially as described.

4. A clothes-drier comprising a pole having a groove at its lower end, abracket receiving the pole and provided with a seat for the same andhaving a lug of a size to pass through the groove of the pole, wherebythe IOO IIO

pole is adapted tobemoved past the lug into the seat of the bracket andis locked therein when the groove is turned away from the lug,drier-arms connected with the pole, and means for holding the upperportion of the pole, Vsubstantially as described.

5. A clothes-drier comprising a bracket having a seat and provided witha lug, a-pole".

provided at its lower end with a groove'and having an inclined face atits upper end, a cap receiving theupper end of the pole and having aninclined face to coperate with Witnesses:

CARL MARTENS, SAML. S. NEI-1ER.

